Jackson, W.P.U. 1990. Origins and meanings of names of South African plant genera. University of Cape Town.

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Crassula pellucida L.

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Common names: trailing crassula (Eng.); rankplakkie (Afr.); inyamayamakhwenkwe (isiXhosa)

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Adromischus fallax Toelken 

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Common names: large cliff-adromischus (Eng.); groot-kransrosie, groot-kransnenta (Afr.)

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Adromischus humilis (Marloth) Poelln.

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Common names: dwarf cliff adromischus (Eng.); bontkransrosie, bontkransnenta (Afr.)

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Allium synnotii G.Don (= A. dregeanum Kunth)

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Common names: wild onion, Cape onion (Eng.), ajuin, wilde-ajuin, ajuintjie, berg-ajuin (Afr.)

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Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A.Schreib.

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Common names: gemsbok bean, marama bean, camel’s foot (Eng.); braaiboontjie, gemsbokboontjie, kastaingboontjie (Afr.)

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Struthiola tomentosa Andrews

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Common names: woolly capespray, woolly featherhead (Eng.); veertjie, juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag, roemenaggie (Afr.)

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Eugenia natalitia Sond. (= Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. subsp. natalitia (Sond.) F.White)

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Common names: forest myrtle (Eng.); bosmirt (Afr.); mukavha-mahunguvhu, murambo-thavha, musiri, tshitawatawane (Venda); umthintane, umbhovane, imanzana (Zulu); inchitsamuthi, ijobe (Swazi).

SA Tree No: 553.2

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Ruellia cordata Thunb.

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Common names: veld violet (Eng.); grasveldviooltjie (Afr.)

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Othonna quinquedentata Thunb.

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Common names: Five-tooth baboon cabbage, heavenly daisy (Eng.); bobbejaankool (Afr.)

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Trachyandra tabularis (Baker) Oberm.

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Common names: Table Mountain cliff trachyandra (Eng.); kranskool (Afr.)

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